Mini has filmed a new commercial in Milan and around Lake Como in Italy. Flow shows off the car’s versatility as it speeds around the tight streets of the city. As the car drives it multiplies into a fleet of vehicles but still manages to power around without any problems.
Soft drink brand Coke Zero has shot a new commercial in and around Bangkok. The Date shows a man racing to meet a girl on time and being helped along the way by a rapid-response unit resembling a SWAT team.
The newly-launched Film Location Austria scheme will reward filmmakers with up to 25% of their eligible production expenses. Productions will need to spend at least 25% of their total budget within Austria in order to qualify. In addition a cultural test will ensure the country benefits from the project technically and creatively.
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is currently filming in Puerto Rico. The film, which features Penelope Cruz and Ian McShane alongside Johnny Depp and Geoffrey Rush, has already shot on location in Hawaii.
Science fiction thriller Lock Out is to begin filming in Belgrade in the next few weeks with Guy Pearce and Maggie Grace. Luc Besson’s EuropaCorp is producing the project and has filmed in Serbia extensively in the last few years using service company Work In Progress.
Saga Film has shot a new documentary in Iceland and Greenland. Last Days of the Arctic is a profile of Icelandic photographer Ragnar Axelsson, who is better known in the region
Steven Soderbergh is scheduled to film extensively in Hong Kong for his upcoming thriller Contagion. The production is due to begin filming in the next few weeks and is likely to span several continents as it follows doctors’ efforts to stop the spread of a virus.
James Cameron is set to make a 3D documentary about the lives of indigenous tribes on location in the Brazilian rainforest. The filmmaker has already made a short film about tribal opposition to a hydroelectric dam that is due to be built across the Xingu River.